Coming back to this question...its interesting because I find myself going out more and more just using the AI as an Adventure. Ease of fishing is the main reason I get terribly tangled if a fish passes beneath me with the amas out.....also if the wind is marginal I worry about the slog factor coming home. If its marginal I dont have to think twice about going out without the sail, less preparation no tacking in and out from the shore I want to troll ALONG
When theres a breeze I still go sailing but I find that I am in fact going out a lot more without the sail and akas amas than lets say a year ago.

wandering from the above a bit .. possibly risking the sword of Damocles descending upon me...... can someone please explain 2 rods behind a kayak, seems to me if you trolled thru a shoal of fish and had 2 simultaneous hits you would have one hell of a job on your hands, yet i see plenty of pics of AI's with a rod in each holder. i mean while your busy reeling in one fish wont the other one on the other rod just take more line and go find a rock or coral head to wrap itself around in the interim? I get in a big enough mess trying to land one fish but two at the same time...JEEZ